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APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE in 223-F of the Student Programs Office (the former Browsing Library) and are due by September 28,1990 at 5:00 pm MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness Room 223-F in the MSC 845-8770 Humor, originality cover Vincents’ style By ROB NEWBERRY “We play mostly our own material, with a few cover songs thrown in just for fun,” Kevin Mc Carthy said to describe the kind of set the Vincents play. The Vincents, an Austin-based three-piece band, performed a three-hour gig Thurs day night at the Flying Tomato. “I feel like music should be a form of expression, not a form of re-ex- g ression,” McCarthy said. “The and is geared toward working to gether, not trying to learn other peo ple’s songs.” “Covers are kind of like repaint ing the Mona Lisa,” drummer Eric Brand added. Thursday was their fourth show in College Station, having played at the Tomato several times this sum mer and at Waiver’s last spring. “The audience in College Station is here to listen to the music and have a good time,” McCarthy said. “We like playing here because in Austin, you don’t get to diversify your audience,” Brand said. “When we played at Waiver’s, we played with a folk band and a heavy metal band in the same night. People that listen to other styles don’t get to hear our music in Austin.” The group launched their set about 9 p.m. outside on the patio. Their sound accomodates very basic rhythm chord progressions on gui tar with Marty Hobratschk’s funk bass and Brand’s drumming. The result is dancable, upbeat pop tunes, with Hobratschk and Brand provid ing almost all of the music behind McCarthy’s lyrics. The Vincents played through three of their own tunes to an unat- tentive audience of about 45. Then the band ripped into a cranked-up version of the theme from “Sesame Street,” and everyone took a second look; a few even started laughing. The band continued with a few more of their own numbers. “Fall’s Coming On” describes the general blah-feeling of back to school, “Foot ball players on the TV set, I don’t know, maybe it's not that bad.” McCarthy enjoys keeping their performances in a humorous mood. The audience kept laughing with McCarthy sarcastically performing New Kids on the Block’s “Step By Step.” The band also ripped through a rock version of the theme from “The Brady Bunch” and their own irreverent cover of Bryan Ad am’s “Summer of’69.” McCarthy be gan, “Yeah, I got my first real G- string” and the rest of the song could hardly be heard over the laughter. The band did have a serious side, and the audience picked up as the The band ripped into a cranked-up version of the theme from “Sesame Street, ” and everyone took a second took; a few even started laughing. set continued. The crowd grew to around 110 as they began the second half of their set with “Killing Time.” They also performed “Someone Changed the Locks,” a song dealing with over-preachy people and their monopoly on heaven. Musically, the Vincents rely on their bass and drums. McCarthy’s guitar work is sometimes too basic and could use a few more riffs. Brand’s drumming is excellent, al ways switching between power pounding to straight basic rhythm to keep the sound fresh. In some of the newer songs, like “Child,” McCarthy’s guitar is im proved. He adds a few chords that really give his lyrics the music they need behind them. But in “Talking To Myself,” Hobratschk still has to carry too much of the song with bass. Brand and Hobratschk provide back-up harmonies in a few places that really broaden the sound, and the Vincents ought to try adding them in a few more places. The group closed their set with an audience favorite, “Who’s Your Girlfriend?” The crowd demanded an encore, so the band replayed “Child” and “Fall’s Coming On.” The Vincents have two dates scheduled in September here in Col lege Station, and if you like upbeat live music with a lot of humor thrown in, make an effort to see this band. I like it that way, and I wasn’t disappointed. Gruesome ‘Darkman’ mysteriously entertains By CAROL GLENN If you can stomach cut off fingers, man-made skin, and a birds eye view of a man burned in a chemical fire, then you’ll enjoy “Darkman”. “Darkman,” directed by Sam Raimi is a movie not for the squeam ish nor the weak-stomached because of several graphic scenes like those previously mentioned along with several scenes of intense violence. I found myself turning away from the movie at times because some parts were so gross. When it’s not gross, “Darkman” reminds me of “Beauty and the Beast,” “Batman” and “Phantom of the Opera” with similar plot el ements from all three films. Liam Neeson portrays Darkman (known in the movie as Peyton) a sci entist in quest of inventing a biologi cal method of creating man-made skin. Francis McDormand portrays Ju lie, an assistant district attorney and Peyton’s girlfriend. She uncovers a memorandum that reveals a real estate scam involv ing a local corporation. “Darkman” jumps right into its plot with a massive shooting scene in When it's not gross, “Darkman” reminds me of “Beauty and the Beast,” “Batman”and “Phantom of the Opera.” the first 10 minutes involving a gang hired by the corrupt corporation. Next, the film introduces Neeson who is seen in his lab/apartment madly perfecting his man-made skin. While in the lab, Peyton is at tacked by the same gang responsible for the earlier shooting. The gang is after the incriminat ing memo that Julie had left at his apartment earlier. ~A huge explosion that demolishes the apartment throws Peyton from the building into a nearby river, where the gang leaves him for dead. Miraculously, Peyton survives and is taken to a Hospital where the doc tors perform experimental surgery to relieve him of the excruciating pain inflicted by burns. Suffering from uncontrollable fits of rage and loss of physical sensa tions, Peyton decides to escape from the hospital. He wraps gauze around his burns, wears a black gown and jumps out his hospital room window. He then constructs a small lab in a run-down vacant refinery and cre ates his man-made skin.The skin, however, is still imperfect and melts after 99 minutes in the light. Knowing this, Peyton plots his re venge against the corporate gang. He decides to use the skin to rebuild his face into the forms of other faces, including the gang members, and begins to achieve his revenge 99 minutes at a time. Although the film is fairly good, I noticed several hokey scenes. For example, how could Robert Derant, the corporate gang leader, survive standing in the middle of a massive shoot-out and not even get grazed by a bullet? Also, how could the gang mem bers who submersed Peyton’s head into the toxic chemicals that burnt his face escape unscathed when they too were splashed with the chemi cals? But, even with the hokey scenes “Darkman” is entertaining. The actors and actresses (espe cially Neeson and McDormand) do a fantastic job of creating believable characters. And, the settings are dramatic as well as eerie, creating the perfect feeling that is needed to make the film believable. The music by Danny Elfman is ap propriate, but not unique since it clo sely resembles his work with “Bat man.” Even though “Darkman” contains some unbelievable parts, gross and graphic scenes and intense violence, I still think the film entertains and I encourage people to go see it. Raimi does a great job of creating a movie that reconstructs qualities of some truly wonderful and entertain ing films, and adds a unique twist in plot that many of the movies today lack. Aggies for Life presents Tuesday, September 4 by • 7 p.m. Maurine McLean Room 308, Rudder Tower of Feminists for Life of America For more information contact: John @ 846-7048 Michael or Laura @ 268-1521 209 Dominik College Station, TX (409) 696-3003 We fix $6°" haircuts Call Now For an Appointment! ROUTINE $3Q 00 CLEANING, X-RAYS and EXAM (Reg. $59 less $20 pretreatment cash discount) Points Plus Now Accepted CarePlus^iti Dental Centers Bryan Jim Arents, DDS Karen Arents, DDS 1103 E. 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